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Pattern Formation by Dynamic Systems and Pattern Recognition

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Synergetics at Schloß Elmau, Bavaria, April 30 – May 5, 1979

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1979

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Editors:
  1. Hermann Haken

    1. Institut für Theoretische Physik der Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart 80, Fed. Rep. of Germany

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Synergetics (SSSYN, volume 5)

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Table of contents (26 papers)

  1. Pattern Recognition and Pattern Formation in Biology

    1. Patterns in the Immune System

      • P. H. Richter
      Pages 155-165

    2. The Oscillatory Basis of Cell Energy Metabolism

      • E. E. Sel’kov
      Pages 166-174

  2. Pattern Recognition and Associations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
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    2. Recent Advances in Syntactic Pattern Recognition

      • K. S. Fu
      Pages 176-185

    3. Abduction of Semantic Patterns

      • U. Grenander
      Pages 186-198

    4. Representation and Processing of Associations Using Vector Space Operations

      • T. Kohonen
      Pages 199-207

  4. General Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243
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    2. Bifurcation and Nonlinear Focusing

      • A. C. Newell
      Pages 244-265

    3. Thermodynamics of Nonequilibrium Processes

      • J. Keizer
      Pages 266-277

    4. Growth of Fluctuations in Thermodynamically Unstable Systems

      • K. Kawasaki
      Pages 278-288

    5. Evolution of Systems. Time Scaling and Scaling Factors

      • A. Pacault, A. Marchand
      Pages 289-303

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 305-308
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About this book

This book contains the manuscripts of the papers delivered at the International Sym­ posium on Synergetics held at SchloB Elmau, Bavaria, Germany, from April 30 until May 5, 1979. This conference followed several previous ones (Elmau 1972, Sicily 1974, Elmau 1977). This time the subject of the symposium was "pattern formation by dynam­ ic systems and pattern recognition". The meeting brought together scientists from such diverse fields as mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, history as well as experts in the fields of pattern recognition and associative memory. When I started this type of conference in 1972 it appeared to be a daring enter­ prise. Indeed, we began to explore virgin land of science: the systematic study of cooperative effects in physical systems far from equi~ibrium and in other disciplines. Though these meetings were attended by scientists from quite different disciplines, a basic concept and even a common language were found from the very beginning. The idea that there exist profound analogies in the behaviour of large classes of complex systems, though the systems themselves may be quite different, proved to be most fruitful. I was delighted to see that over the past one or two years quite similar conferences were now held in various places allover the world. The inclusion of prob­ lems of pattern recognition at the present meeting is a novel feature, however.

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  • Institut für Theoretische Physik der Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart 80, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Hermann Haken

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